10-letter words containing w, e, l, d, r
- flower bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- flowerbeds — Plural form of flowerbed.
- flowerhead — (botany) A short, compact cluster of flowers, such as those found in the composites.
- free world — the nations of the world that function chiefly under democratic and capitalistic systems rather than under totalitarianism or Communism.
- furbelowed — Simple past tense and past participle of furbelow.
- goldwasser — a liqueur flavored with spices, figs, lemons, and herbs, and having minute flakes of gold leaf in suspension.
- hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- hollywired — Siliwood
- horned owl — any large owl of the genus Bubo, having prominent ear tufts: family Strigidae
- interworld — A world between other worlds.
- ladieswear — clothes designed for women
- land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
- landowners — Plural form of landowner.
- landwaiter — a British customs officer who enforces import-export regulations, collects import duties, etc.
- lead screw — (on a lathe) a rotating horizontal screw for moving the tool carriage along the work at a constant rate.
- leeuwarden — a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- leftwardly — leftwards
- letterwood — snakewood.
- low-loader — a road or rail vehicle for heavy loads with a low platform for ease of access
- low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
- lower deck — the lowermost deck in a hull having two or three decks.
- lower hold — the lowermost hold space in a hull having 'tween decks or a shelter deck.
- lowercased — Printed or written in lowercase letters.
- marblewood — any of several trees having wood somewhat resembling marble in graining or texture, as Diospyros marmorata, of southern Asia, or Olea paniculata, of Australia.
- meadowlark — any of several American songbirds of the genus Sturnella, of the family Icteridae, especially S. magna (eastern meadowlark) and S. neglecta (western meadowlark) having a brownish and black back and wings and a yellow breast, noted for their clear, tuneful song.
- middlebrow — a person of conventional tastes and interests in matters of culture; a moderately cultivated person.
- middleware — Software that acts as a bridge between an operating system or database and applications, especially on a network.
- mindblower — a hallucinogenic drug.
- needlework — the art, process, or product of working with a needle, especially in embroidery, needlepoint, tapestry, quilting, and appliqué.
- newsdealer — a person who sells newspapers and periodicals.
- offworlder — Alternative spelling of off-worlder.
- otherworld — A world beyond death; an afterlife.
- outdweller — a person who dwells away from or is remote from a particular place.
- outworlder — (scifi) One who comes from another planet.
- plow under — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- powderless — lacking powder, not involving or containing powder
- powderlike — resembling powder (usually in consistency or texture); powdery
- real world — the realm of practical or actual experience, as opposed to the abstract, theoretical, or idealized sphere of the classroom, laboratory, etc.: recent college graduates looking for jobs in the real world of rising unemployment.
- renownedly — celebrated; famous.
- rewardable — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- silverweed — a plant, Potentilla anserina, of the rose family, the leaves of which have a silvery pubescence on the underside.
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- sword belt — a military belt from which a sword may be hung.
- underwhelm — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- underworld — the criminal element of human society.
- waldemar i — ("the Great") 1131–82, king of Denmark 1157–82.
- waldenburg — German name of Wałbrzych.
- waldgraves — Plural form of waldgrave.
- wanderlust — a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.
- water mold — any of various aquatic fungi of the phylum Oomycota, free-living or parasitic in fish and other aquatic organisms.